The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-26
LOwudesyflle's Letter.

LOWNDESVILLE, OctO0er "a, 1851
Some rather disagreeable weather since my
last. About two days Of rainy cold weather
and one or two pretty white frosts
The season Is well-nlgh past for the Fall
sowing OF oats, yet very few have been soWed
go the experience OF our planters In the Win
ter killing of their oats, for several years has
caused them to postpone the seeding OF this
very important crop TN sprR1g has enabled
the tillers of the soil, to gather much the
greater part Of their crops, and In very short
| time ali will be housed.
| Cotton is still coming into town, In such
numbers of bales, that the railroad failed to
| furnish the necessary transportation, and
few days since 1t had accumulated, standing
and in piles. in and about the depot, TO nsn sucn
of the depot than Its roof.
Mr.. ]. NJ. Mose!ey who just spent several
days in Greenville and Anderson returned
| home last Wednesday,.
| The Misses Nicholson of Anderson have
been visiting In the Montery neighoorhood
for the past two weeks.
Miss Louise Calhoun OF Latimers spent
several days with Miss Kate Lomax, and 9TH
| er friends In this community.
Mrs. Earnest Brown of Anderson Is now
visiting at her fathers Mr.. ]. p Young, her
o'S Miss ISL Hattie and Master Charlie Watkins of
| Augusta who have been spending good part
of the Summer here, returned there on last
"Iqhfs'H Mr.. s. R. Horton one Of our cotton buyers,
| q few days ago, brought his wife here, ana
| they are now boarding at DR.. o. K. Horizons
Mr.. JEFF Bowman and ms mother t went ni,to 10
Ida Bowman, the sister or the one, and the
daughter of the other.
Mr.. A. L. Latimer, of Bolton who has an In
| terest in the Taylor i Cox fre-eXtingulsher,
was here on Saturday Sast.
We learn through the ht>Anderson Journal that
the Anderson weather prophet, Prof: W: H.
Hix, will move into the neighborhood OF this
| ,,I,nn ohont tho middle OF November.
Miss Julia McCuw of Abbeville spent sever
al days here last week at Mr. I. Bakers and
Mr.. ". F. Kennedy last Tuesday received a
dispatch, saying that his daughter Mrs. Will
son, sixty miles beyond Atlanta was quite
sick. He went on at once.
| Mr.. e w Harper on last Saturday sold the
largest lot of cotton, here that, to date, was
ever sold by one man, his own raising i. c..
eighteen heavy bales which brought him
eight hundred and two dollars.
the matter, met and did some needed work.
at the cemetery, and grounds. of Providence
| Church, which added considerably to the ap-
pearance of that part OF town.. .,,.u,, so,
| up his store. 1t Is now quite attractive. He
has added so many articles of prime necessity
| to his goods, that in his store ana tin mouse
he is now carrying Il stock OF general mer-
chandise. ,,,
| erelone turn out some flrst-clasS artists, judg-
inG from recent drawings, true TO fashion, that
have been "lying round loose"
The .most OF the Atlanta tourists have re-
turned Many Of them no doubt think that
| they "paid rather dear for their whistle"
SOME were so heavily "toniced," that they be-
came considerably muddled, and wanted to
fight bad, feeling that they could whip their
bv The light fingered gentry. and were rellev-
ed of their cash, some believed that they
heard q magnificent sermon from Rev. J. a.
Lee, others think that they heard Or. Arm.
strong preach, some saw two wagon loads of
India Rubber shoes stuck in the mud In the
Fair Grounds, some rode oil the way from
Augusta to Atlanta standing on one foot like
! n Goose in the rain, one man rode In or on a
St0ye.pipe, and some thought this was a
whopping big world, and mighty sight OF
people In 1t. Such is life. TROUPE.